About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
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About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
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And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
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And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, so that he died.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 25:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 25:33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
- Exodus 12:29 At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.
- 1 Samuel 6:9 Behold, if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.”
- 1 Samuel 26:10 David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
- 2 Samuel 6:7 Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
- 2 Kings 15:5 Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 19:35 That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- 2 Chronicles 10:15 So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- Acts 12:23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 25:38 And it came to pass about ten…
1Sa 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
Ver. 38. About ten days after.] All which time he lay like a block in his bed, without repentance or confidence in God; but condemned of his own conscience, he went to his place without noise. Let this be a warning to drunkards.
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The Lord smote Nabal, that he died.] Deadly diseases are God’s strokes; and especially if they be sudden, and soon make an end of men. Hippocrates calleth the pestilence το θειον, the divine disease; and another is called morbus sacer.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain God either inflicted some other stroke or disease upon…
God either inflicted some other stroke or disease upon him, or increased his grief and fear to such a height as killed him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass, about ten days after,....…
And it came to pass, about ten days after,.... After he had lain in this stupid and senseless manner for ten days:
that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died; with some disease or increased the grief of his heart, and the fears of his mind that he died therewith.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Smote - God either inflicted some other stroke upon…
Smote - God either inflicted some other stroke upon him, or increased his grief and fear to such an height, as killed him.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 38. The Lord smote Nabal — With another stroke,…
38. The Lord smote Nabal — With another stroke, similar in nature to the first, but much more terrible, and which resulted in putting an end to his life. Interpreters have generally, and very naturally, supposed it to have been a stroke of apoplexy.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 38. the Lord smote Nabal] His death was a…
38. the Lord smote Nabal] His death was a divine judgment none the less that a partly natural cause may be assigned for it in his intemperance and passion. For “smote” comp. the use of the same word in ch. 1Sa_26:10, and 2Ch_13:20 (E. V. struck).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (38) The Lord smote Nabal.—That is to say, that…
(38) The Lord smote Nabal.—That is to say, that after ten days had passed the Lord put an end to the base life by a second apoplectic stroke. Although the death was a sequel to the selfishness, the passion, and the intemperance, it does not appear that anything more than the operation of natural causes occasioned the end here. In the language of these old divinely inspired writers, disease and sickness are often spoken of as the special “shafts” aimed by the Most High, as in fact they are.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And blessed be thy advice.
1Sa_25:38
And blessed be thy advice.
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Good advice
I. It is well to be ready to take advice. The older we grow the more ready most of us are to be advised regarding our plans and purposes. We know better the wisdom of being so. It is generally the young who scorn advice. They are apt to think they know everything that needs to be known.
II. It is important to go to the best sources for advice. If you were in doubt as to your way in London, the best plan would be to ask a policeman. He is generally an authority on such a matter, and would be sure to give you correct and civil instructions. When people are in ill-health they go to the doctor for medical advice, and in any legal difficulty they naturally apply to the lawyer. It is worse than useless to get advice from the incompetent, that may only land you in deeper difficulty, or more hopeless trouble. With the well advised is Wisdom, says Solomon. It would have been a good thing for his son Rehoboam had he paid attention to that. How much it means to have a good adviser to go to, and especially in the earlier years of life! Everyone thinks with pity of any young girl left motherless, who grows up without that counsel and guidance and sympathy so much needed in her young life, and which none so well as a mother can give. And now, if not then, we can heartily use Davids words, and say, Blessed be thy advice.
III. Above all, in spiritual things, we need advice. We cant devise and scheme and succeed there all by ourselves. It is often said in the story of Davids life, that he inquired of the Lord. (Christian World Pulpit.)
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